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Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

The Energy Law

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of denials of applications to decommission offshore pipelines in place in a departure from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (“BSEE”) longstanding practices. Prior to 2015, BSEE routinely granted applications to decommission pipelines in place pursuant to 30 C.F.R.

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Limits Vessels’ Obligations Under Louisiana One-Call Reporting

The Energy Law

Plains Pipeline, L.P. 14-31046, 2015 U.S. The cutter head, the court noted, penetrated deeper into the seabed than traditional anchors and was used to keep the vessel at a complete stop. The cutter head punctured a pipeline owned by Plains Pipeline that carried product for Phillips 66. LEXIS 14337 (5th Cir.

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Sierra Club Asks Court to Ban Use of Legacy DOT-111 Tank Cars

The Energy Law

As if crude producers and midstream transportation companies don’t already have enough problems trying to get crude oil from production fields to refineries thanks to inadequate pipeline infrastructure, tank car supply, rail safety concerns, and new regulations, they now also have to address a new, potentially market-busting lawsuit.

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Pipeline Expansion = Affordable Energy

Marcellus Shale Coalition

In 2015, then-Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a report asserting that no new natural gas pipelines were needed into the region and that the regions power grid faced no reliability deficiency through at least 2030. All was fine, said the Attorney General.

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

The Energy Law

Section 6 of the Order revoked TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.’s s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada Critical to the success of this project is TC’s attainment of a Presidential Permit allowing the company to construct a pipeline that crosses the border between the U.S.

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

The Energy Law

Section 6 of the Order revoked TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.’s s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S